5 mistakes I made when I switched to an induction cooktop — and how to avoid them

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Keep your pans safe while making your cooking easier with these 5 top tips for using an induction cooktop, from watching the heat to choosing the correct pans.

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[Skarjune]

I use a lot of old cast iron pans with rough bottoms on my induction cooktop. To prevent scratching. I use silicone baking mats and trivets that can handle up to 500°. Not easy to find in stores, but Lodge has a couple handy sizes of square trivets that cover the burners nicely. Since only the pans are heating, they hold up perfectly. A baking mat works best on the largest burner and catches spills for easy cleanup.

 

[Jageya]

I recently went to a Appliance high-end store or I was watching one of the guys pushing induction so he feels up his pan. Just a little bit with water turns it on and yeah had boils in like 30 seconds. I was like so what? I don’t need pasta anyways, and soup doesn’t have to heat up that fast anyways.
I’m a gas
Person.
I am a chef. I dont even like or use microwaves.
The only plus with induction to me is he really don’t need to have a hood to get fumes out of the house like gas even though you probably should have a hood at least that recirculates but in general with induction there’s no need to vent out
So yeah that’s an advantage in a way. It looks sleek but it also doesn’t really appeal to me like a flame. I guess. I’m old school like old school as in being caveman because fire is what I cook on.
Now I will say that some of these companies would be smarter to incorporate gas and induction in the same range. I know you can buy units that do those separate and put them on your cooktop but that would be really cool like four burners gas burners induction.

 

[cirdecus]

lol all I read was "5 mistakes I made when I switched to an induction cooktop":

Mistake 1) I switched to an induction cooktop.
Mistake 2) I thought gas was awful
Mistake 3) I wrote this article instead of switching back to gas

 

[xrayangiodoc]

I was under the impression that non-magnetic stainless steel should not be used with induction stovetops.